canecutter
canecutter noun: a person employed to harvest sugar cane.
Noun
canecutter (plural canecutters)
- A person employed to harvest sugar cane.
- It was decided to calculate costs of voluntary labor beforehand to assure a "net” contribution to the harvest and that unions selected the most productive canecutters.1981, Carmelo Mesa-Lago, The Economy of Socialist Cuba: A Two-decade Appraisal, page 62
- This mournful melody from Queensland tells of the woes and misfortunes of early canecutters.1964, Favourite Australian Bush Songs, page 137
- A machine for harvesting sugar cane.
- Harvesting, before the arrival of the mechanical canecutter, was performed by large numbers of workers wielding long knives.1995, Glenn R. Conrad, Ray F. Lucas, White Gold, page 17
Forms of canecutter
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Origin of canecutter
From cane + cutter.
Questions about canecutter
- What does canecutter mean?
- Canecutter means a person employed to harvest sugar cane.
- What part of speech is canecutter?
- Canecutter is a noun.
- What is the plural of canecutter?
- The plural of canecutter is canecutters.
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